David Beckham Blogs About LA

David Beckham never seems to be smiling in the pics paparazzi snap of him and his family out and about in LA, but he wants his fans to know his true feelings about living in sunny SoCal. So he's posted another entry in his official blog:

"Hi everyone,

It seems like only a few weeks ago I arrived in Los Angeles with my family ready for the next chapter in our lives. A year later and we feel so settled here, everyone loves California and everyone has made us feel so welcome. I can't imagine being anywhere else in the world right now.

Of course, I'm enjoying playing my soccer too. Last season was a bit stop start for me with the injuries which wasn't helped by the fact that I arrived part way through the MLS season, but this year we're playing well and I look forward to every match as well as visiting different cities and stadiums around this amazing country. You can see a real impact being made across the country, we play in front of big crowds and soccer is now more prominent in the media and more people seem to be aware of the league around the world.

My teammates have been great to me and we have a brilliant set of fans. I'm thankful to them and to the people of Los Angeles for making my family and I so welcome since we arrived here.

We played Chivas USA last Thursday in the second SuperClasico of the season at the Home Depot Center, which we both share. It was the sort of game that could have gone either way, but I think overall a draw was a fair result. I was happy with the way we came back from a goal down as it shows we're playing with the right spirit and we're confident that we can always fight back if things don't always go the way we want.

Next up we're off to New York to play the Red Bulls on Saturday afternoon. Last year was a particularly memorable, 67,000 people and nine goals, it summed up the potential for the game in the States. I've heard that 50,000 tickets have been sold to date for this game so it's promising to see that people are coming back to see games. We lost to New York earlier in the season, so we'll be going all out to get the right result.

I'm also looking forward to my first All Star game next week in Toronto. It's great that we're playing an English side in the form of West Ham, a team that I've played many times before in the past…I even remember getting a bit of stick from their fans on a few occasions! I'm sure they will want to come over and put in a good performance, whilst we will want to show the quality of the MLS. It should be a competitive game.